Stephen
Taylor
Fl. 1808 - 1849
A Gentleman seated on a Chippendale desk chair in a Panelled interior at his Desk, Studying a Book & holding Spectacles
indistintly inscribed on the reverse
oil on canvas
37 x 32 cm. (15 x 13 in.)
Artist biography
Stephen Taylor exhibited at the RA, 48 portraits, BI (29), SBA (40) between 1817-1849. He worked as a portrait painter in Southampton, 1808, Winchester 1817-1821 and Oxford 1823-1826, London 1827-1849. He gained a reputation for animal paintings, particulalry of birds and dogs. he was related to the artist Henry Taylor.